The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus police seized two handguns and ammunition from a student who told police he is a part-time police officer in Pennsylvania, according to the Herald News.

Col. Emil Fioravanti, UMass Dartmouth director of public safety, told the paper that William Deforte, 32, of Clinton, Penn., has been issued a summons to appear in Third District Court in New Bedford on charges of improper storage of a firearm and carrying a firearm on campus.

He has also been placed on interim suspension from the university, been given a no-trespass order for all university property and will face student-conduct charges.

Other students reported to campus police Tuesday morning that the student had displayed handguns to them and was living in their Cedar Dell Suite without permission of the university.

Police secured the area and, during a search, found two loaded .45-caliber handguns and ammunition.

Neither the guns nor the ammunition was properly secured. The student was in class during the search.

“I wish to thank the students who came forward to help keep their community safe,” Fioravanti told the Herald News. “The 'See Something. Say Something’ Initiative that we have been promoting can only be successful if students, faculty and staff are willing to step forward. These students did just that and deserve our applause.”